Lights for Party Photos
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If you’re buying an actual photo booth, they include their own lighting.
If you’re trying to set up a ‘photo booth’ look using a pop up bg etc, you could use a couple of Godox AD200’s with pop up softboxes or shoot thru brollies.
For table shots, grab n grins etc; it’s horses for courses, some people are content with an on camera flash, bounced with a stofen or similar. I preferred a bit more flexibility, with hand held flash bouncing or direct, often with OCF to create a starburst for first dance, or to use as a backlight. Others set up a couple of off camera lights on stands to bounce off the ceiling as floods, there’s dozens of ‘right’ ways to do it.
The short answer is to think about a selection of off camera lighting, I’d recommend Godox for scalability (3 or 4). A couple of stands, a trigger, and a couple of brackets, softboxes, or brolly boxes. You can start w 2 speedlights, but adding AD200’s, then something like an AD600 to stretch your capability into lighting in bright sun would be ideal to cover all eventualities.
If you’re trying to set up a ‘photo booth’ look using a pop up bg etc, you could use a couple of Godox AD200’s with pop up softboxes or shoot thru brollies.
For table shots, grab n grins etc; it’s horses for courses, some people are content with an on camera flash, bounced with a stofen or similar. I preferred a bit more flexibility, with hand held flash bouncing or direct, often with OCF to create a starburst for first dance, or to use as a backlight. Others set up a couple of off camera lights on stands to bounce off the ceiling as floods, there’s dozens of ‘right’ ways to do it.
The short answer is to think about a selection of off camera lighting, I’d recommend Godox for scalability (3 or 4). A couple of stands, a trigger, and a couple of brackets, softboxes, or brolly boxes. You can start w 2 speedlights, but adding AD200’s, then something like an AD600 to stretch your capability into lighting in bright sun would be ideal to cover all eventualities.
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I'd echo completely what Phil said here. When I first did this sort of thing back in the 70s/80s it was quite a feat, but things are so much easier (and lighter) now. 
I prefer the Godox offerings too - I find a pair of T685s with an XPro (an XT1 would do) trigger are all I need for using 'out and about', but obviously the more powerful 200/300/600 will be much better if you need that extra power.
YouTube can be a great resource to see how other people are doing it - some make it easier than others, but they all get there in the end.
I prefer the Godox offerings too - I find a pair of T685s with an XPro (an XT1 would do) trigger are all I need for using 'out and about', but obviously the more powerful 200/300/600 will be much better if you need that extra power.
YouTube can be a great resource to see how other people are doing it - some make it easier than others, but they all get there in the end.
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